The Sun. — London, England, 1836-02-08 00:00:00

i RIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS One of the most distinguished historians of any age' i s M. Von Raumer, which history of the House of Hohenstaufen throws a valuable light on a very inte resting perio d, respecting which very erroneous notions are still too generally entertained in this country. In order to procure materials for a History of Europe, of which several volumes have already appeared, he vi sited this country last year, and remained in it from the 2f4d of March till the end of September. He was received in the best society, and the time of his vi sit was one of extraordinary exc it e ment--the expulsion of the Tory Ministry, and the restoration to power of the Reformers. On his return to Berlin, in the Uni versity of which he is Professor of History, he pub lished two volumes under the title of " England in 1835 ;" and his account of England and the English, judging from the extracts given in the Athenceurn of Saturday last (for we have not yet seen the work), is certainly flattering, but at the same time characterised by truth and imparti alit y . He was struck with the proofs of prosperity everywhere visible in this island, the perfection of the agriculture, and the astonishing industry of the towns. As far as M. Von Rau mer's politics are concerned, he seems more a Tory than a Reformer, but he tells the Tories some home truths. a If" he says, " the Tories had always done what was right, and at the right time, the Whigs would never have come into power. The Tories negligently suffered the watch to run down—then came the Whigs and wound it up again. Having done this, they retired, or were forced to do so. The idol of the false Tories is the vis that of the false Whigs the perpetuum mobile." In an interview with Mr. O'Connell, M. Von Rau mer told him " that what he wished to obtain for Ire land had been long since possessed by the Prussian Catholics, and that animosities and complaints had ceased together with persecution. He very sensibly observes with regard to O'Connell, to the energy of whose• mind and will, however, he does justice, that " it is the English Ministry that has made the man a giant." But the philosophic German visited the coun try, to the long continued misgovernment of which Mr. O'Connell owes his power, and we really think, unprincipled as many of the Tories are, and contempt ible as has 'been their conduct in endeavouring to ex cite religious animosity by the circulation of the vilest calumny and abuse of the Catholics, the description of the effects of their system of government in Ireland, given by this honest foreigner, will really make them ashamed of themselves. He had proceeded from Dublin to Cork, and visited the mountains and lakes, and returned by way of Limerick to Dublin ; but the misery he witnessed seems to have completely unhinged him. My mind," he says, "is filled with one thought—l can entertain no other—it is that of the inexpressible wretched.. ness of so many thousands. In England I looked in vain for misery, and all the complaints that I heard seemed to b e partial and exaggerated ; here no words can express the frightful truth - which everywhere meets the eye. To form an idea of it, you must see these houses—not houses, but huts—not huts, but hovels, mostly without windows or apertures ; the same entrance—the same narrow space for men and hogs, the latter lively, sleek, and well fed, the former covered with rags, or rather hung with fragments of rags in a im.nner which it is impossible to conceive. If I except the respectable people in the towns, I did not see upon thousands of Irish, a whole coat, a whole shirt, or any other part of their dress—but all in tatters. " The ruins of ancient castles were pointed out to me ; but how could I take any pleasure in them while the deso late ruined huts surrounded me, and testified the dis tress of the present times more loudly than the others did the grandeur of the past ? But then the lords were of the same race—of the same language ; they were on the spot, and the people certainly not so wretched as since the con fiscations of the English conquerors. Other huts were half fallen down, but the occupants crept into the remain ing half, which was not longer than a coffin for the wretched family. " When I recollect the well-fed rogues and thieves in the English prisons, I admire, notwithstanding the very natural increase of Irish criminals, the power of morality—l wonder that the whole nation does not go over and steal in order to enjoy a new and happier existence. And then 'the English boast of the good treatment of their countrymen, while the innocent Irish are obliged to live worse than their " cattle. This is a specimen of the reflections which the aspect of Irish misery extorted from him. It is really wonderful, as he says, that the people should be so ob stinately moral, when the comfortable prisons of Eng land are ready for the reception -of all who have the courage to steal. After contrasting the ages called bar barous with our civilized times, " when rich (or• bank rupt) aristocrats can see the weal of the Church and of religion (or of their relations) only in retaining pos session of that which was taken and obtained by vio lence," he ridicules the idea of attaching importance to agitators of exciting discontent by artificial means Since I have seen Ireland," he observes, "I admire the patience and moderation of the people, that they do not (what would be more excusable in them than in distin guished revolutionists, authors, journalists, Benthamitcs, baptized and unbaptized Jews) drive out the Devil through Beelzebub the Prince of the Devils. Thrice happy Prussia, with its free proprietary peasantry, its agricultural nobles, its contented and tolerant clergy, its well-educated youth !" We have ourselves more than once lamented the excessive patience of the Irish people as one of the greatest faults in their character. Patience under op pression is the sure way to be constantly oppressed. The only effectual means to insure good treatment in this world is to make bad treatment a matter of peril. One devil, as M. Von Raumer forcibly expresses it, must be driven out by another. Experience has suffi ciently shown that the Irish, have never succeeded in gaining anything from the good will of their oppres sors, but everything from their fear. The people of England are not to blame for the misgovernment of the Irish. That misgovernment is the work of the Oligarchy, and the Irish branch of it, the Protestant Ascendancy, as it is called. The people of England sympathise with their unfortunate fellow-citizens of Ireland. They see through and detest the hypocritical pretext of zeal for the purity of religion, by which Tory aristocrats seek to perpetuate abuses in Ireland. They can see the wolves in spite of the sheep's clothing. They know, too, that some of the worst enemies of England have been trained in the school of oppression in Ire land ; and that it is their interest, if they wish to con tinue in the enjoyment of prosperity, not to abet the oppressors of their Irish brethren, but to afford them aid in the great work of obtaining equal justice. The enemies of Ireland are the enemies of England. Their stronghold is in a certain House, and the struggle is fast approaching. M. Von Raumer was struck with the Irish children, " with their black hair and dark eyes, so gay and playful in their tatters," and shocked to think that in a few years, by thefault 9rman and the Government, they would be "so worn out without advantage to themselves or others, that the very beasts of the field might l oo k d own on them with scorn." He asks if he should have sup-' pressed the• truth, because it may offend certain parties. " What," he exclaims, " have Ito do with O'Connell and his opponents I I have nothing either to hope or to fear from any of them ; but to declare what I saw, thought, and felt, is my privilege, and my duty. Discite justitiam, moniti, et non temnere divos !' We shall only make another extract from this able and honest writer—his reflections in the steam-boat on his way back to England. The evi dences which he had seen of the deep guilt of Tory oligarchs in Ireland, were not lost on him. We will answer for it, the sight on his return to Berlin of the whiskered representative of all that is odious and un holy in the treatment of Ireland, would call forth the same indignant feelings to which he here gives ex- pression : " Last night, as I quitted Dublin in the steam-boat, the dark clouds traversed the sky in rapid confusion, and when the sun burst through them, the mountains on the right and left threw their long shadows towards England. This sha dow spreads in my fancy over the lately so glowing scene, and the more I endeavour to efface it, the more indelible does it appear, like the blood stains to Lady Macbeth. I have read and written much on the sufferings of different ages and nations, and wrote and read with sympathy; but it is a far different thing to see them ; to see them in their gigantic form in our highly extolled times, denied and ex tenuated —n a y, ac k now l e d ge d an d justified by those who, like the French, fancy that they are at the head of all human civilization. No wonder if the native Irish, like the prophet of old by the waters of Babylon, sit down and weep, if I, a stranger, am compelled to reckon the few days I passed among them as the most melancholy of my life." We are sure our readerava excuse the length of these extr acts. M. Von Rammer has powerfully aided the Iris'la by the honest unvarnished description he has given of what he witnessed. Let us wipe off, without delay, this national reproach. Let the honest and en liglntened people of England and Scotland, in whose name so much injustice has been perpetrated by inso lent and rapacious Tories, do their duty at this trying crisis. The Lords may once more be brought to rea son, if the people show themselves in earnests-,-Morn ing ekronicle. The really liberal, but still constitutional members of the community, cannot fail to behold with disgust and indignation the renewed attempts, by the extreme Radical party, to diiect the angry passions of the mul titude against the House of Lords. From the political education of the members of the Government, and from their personal responsibilities as Ministers, it is but fair to suppose that they do not share these extreme sen timents. indeed, the voluntary declarations made by some of them on recent occasions, in favour of the inde pendence of the Upper House of Legislature, are sufficient pledges, on their parts, that they do not co'icur in the extravagant and outrageous opinions cons terning the House of Lords, which are put forth with all the haste of ignorance, ind all the violence of faction. But believing this to be true, and feeling well assured that were any express resolution against the House of Lords submitted to the consideration of the House of Commons, the Members in that House would feel it their fluty to speak and vote against it, it cannot but be a matter of deep regret to the nation that, when fierce hostility to the Upper House is openly avowed by cer tain Members in the Commons, the Ministers do not in terfere to reprove and repress such gross. impropriety. Can it be true, as the public have been taught to be lieve by. the Parliamentary reports, that Members upon the Ministerial benches have cheered Mr. Hume and Mr. O'Connell when using such language, respecting the other House of Legislature as ought to have been silenced by calling these Members to order ? Can it be true, that for the sake of such support as these men and their followers can give, gentlemen holding office under the Crown can stoop so low as to applaud and encourage them ? • Can it be true that the very sen timents which they have themselves disavowed, they think worthy of applause when avowed by others ? We hope that this is not true ; for, if it be, it is very disgraceful ; and yet if it be not, it is sur prising that Ministers should have taken no pains to repel the imputation. That imputation is in some degree corroborated by the language of what is called " the Ministerial Press." How does it happen that those official' persons who have so recently dis claimed in public any wish to interfere with the Con stitutional functions and privileges of the , House of Peers, should yet allow Journals, which are directly patronised by them, to attack these functions and pri vileges in the most violent language of menace ? It Would be well for Ministers themselves to remember that a fast-and-loose policy—a policy which is pas sively one thing, and actively another, will not long 'be endured by the British nation. Trickery may succeed for a while here—it may for a long time in Ireland, as is proved by the still existing popularity of Mr. O'Connell in that island ; but here, we can assure the Ministers, they will in the end bring nothing but ruin and contempt upon themselves, by being revolutionary in their cheers, and disavowing revolution in their speeches. They Should resolve to be either one thing or the other—either with the Constitution or against it. In public affairs, as well as in private, they should remember that " honesty is the best policy." They should also endeavour to be more consistent with themselves, if they expect to escape just con tempt. Not only do they oppose an amendment in one House, which they readily consent to in another, but they allow their journals to attack the House of Lords violently, for passing an amendment which they themselves, or such of them as have seats in the Upper House, allowed to pass without opposition. If we believe some of the Ministerial papers, the amendment to the Address, which was carried in the House of Lords, was an insult to the representatives of the people. We are very sure that it was no such thing ; but if it were, indeed, what a Ministerial print says it was, why did the Ministers in the House of Lords describe it so very differently, and con sent to it without dispute ? We believe we fairly represent the oninion of the moderate and liberal, but still soundly Conservative party, when we say that the amendment to the Address, pro posed by the Duke of Wellington in one House, and Sir Robert Peel in the other, was a fair and reasonable amendment ; an amendment which by no means shut out the prospect of well-considered reform for the Cor porations of Ireland, while it avoided pledging the Parliament to particular principles which might lie found, on investigation, not applicable to the circum stances of Ireland. This is the opinion which people who make use of their calm reason have come to upon the subject, and it is both extremely absurd, and grossly untrue; to pretend that the nation is angry at that amendment. The 'extravagance of faction in endea vouring to excite the public mind upon such palpable misrepresentation will, we are convinced, defeat itself. It is well that the public should be upon their guard against a delusion with' respect to the decisions of the two Houses of Parliament, which is very industriously attempted to be forced upon them. If the House of Lords happens to differ from a decision of the House of Commons, it is immediately cried out, " See how the Peers pu: themselves in opposition to the repre sentatives of the people I" The deception consists in estimating Mr. O'Connell's Members as the whole of the representatives of the people ; for if they were not taken into account, the balance in the House of Coin mons, and in the House of Lords, would, upon all Con stitutional questions, lean the same way. The truth is, that et the very moment that the Peers are attacked as setting themselves in opposition to the representatives of the people, they are not opposing, hut agreeing with, the majority of the representatives of the people of England. It is the Irish Members who vote for Popery, and they alone who cause the balance of the Nouse of Commons to be different from that of the House of Peers. We need say no more than this to show the audacity and unfairness of the pretence that the Peers assume to themselves the right of disregard ing the voice of the representatives of the people. It is not our principle nor our practice to justify, or pal liate, undue influence in any quarter whatever ; but neither can we suffer unjust representations to be pub licly, made without exposing the fraud which is so im pudently attempted. Let there be fair play, and true statements on both sides, and then Englishmen will decide as deliberate honest judges ought to decide upon every question.—Morning Herald. We lately called upon the electors of Marylebone to shake off the supineness of which the Tories in that borough had taken secret and efficient advantage, by resuming the organization of their electoral com mittees and preparing for a vigorous struggle. It was then supposed that Mr. Henry L. Bulwer was about to retire. We proved to them that union was their only chance of defeating the triumph of a Tory candidate ; and Mr. Sheriff Salomons having been proposed as a successor to Mr. Bulwer, we urged them to make his name—a name identical with that great cause of civil and religious liberty which all parties,—Whigs, Reformers, and Radicals,—in the borough, cannot divide upon—a rallying cry for their union. Since then affairs in that borough have assumed a different complexion. The agitation of an electioneering con test, which had begun to move the sleepy surface of politics in Marylebone, has been allayed by the in formation that Mr. Henry L. Bulwer did not intend to resign his seat. Oil has been poured upon the troubled waves by this announcement, and the Li beral interest appears to be settling down into the same state of pernicious supineness as before. It is for the . purpose of arousing the Reformer§ from their slumbers that we are now about to announce to them a few brief facts. There is as much necessity for union now as there was when we last addressed them. Although Mr. H. L. Bulwer's seat is not "vacated, nor likely to be vacated upon the opening of Parliament, it must be vacated at no great distance of time. We mean in consequence of a contingency—viz., a dissolution of Parliament —and which we are persuaded cannot be protracted bey on d a few months. Between this and that period ther e i s b y no 'means too long time to enable the whole combined strength of the Reform interest to prepare for a contest for which the Tories are-already fully prepared. We say combined, for if it be not combined, we do not hesitate to predict that one Tory candidate will inevitably be returned for the Beough of Marylebone ; _perhaps two, instead of its present two Reform representatives. Lord Teign mouth is quite willing and quite ready to take the place of Mr. H. L. Bulwer, as has been proved by his courteous response to an application from the Reform Parochial Committee, and his post-haste but shrievless errand to town in consequence, when he found the tender nature of the questions to which the Pancras inquisitors had intended to subject his Lord ship's nervous susceptibilities. Mr. Hope is quite as willing, though perhaps not quite so well prepared, to , take the seat of Sir Samuel Whalley ; and we now' tell the Marylebone Reformers plainly, if they do not bestir themselves, and above all unite, the return of one Tory candidate is certain. Will they allow the borough to be emasculated by their disunion ? A Tory and a Reformer sitting simultaneously for IVlarylebone is tantamount to a negation of their voice in the public councils. It is no declama tory hyperbole we are using when we say, therefore, that their substantial political existence at the present important crisis of public affairs depends upon their union. A few facts will briefly prove it. There are this year 10,952 electors on the register, or nearly 11,000. Of these it may be supposed that 3,000 will not vote at all, leaving 8,000 as the probable number who will go to the poll. One thousand have signed Lord Teignmouth's requisition, and we must, therefore, set down his strength at not less than 3,000, headed by Lord Kenyon, the Beresfords, the Rectors, and Sir James Cockburn. The Whigs and Liberals would, probably, be the weakest ; not more than 1,000 under the colours of Portman, Horne, and Young. Sir Samuel Whalley and Mr. Hume's party may number 2,500, and Mr. Murphy's strength cannot be esti mated at less than 1,500. These figures will make up 11,000, thus— Will not vote at all Conservative and Conser- Lord Kenyon, Beresfords; the vat ive Whigs. .. 3,000 Rectors, Sir J. Cockburn, Lord Teignmouth. Whigs and Liberal Whigs 1,000 Portman, Horne, Young. Liberals Ultra Liberals Douglas. 11,000 —Morning Advertiser. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) arc appointed to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Tuesday, February 9, 1836, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. Sargeant, J., Tavistock-street, Covent-gradent tea-dealer. Irish, W., West-street, Havant, Hants, fellmonger. Castle, T. Chichester-place, Gray's - inn - road , coachman. Swan, C.:Margaret's -place, Goldsmith's-row, Hackney-read, clerk. Lepper, E.. Coronation-row, Bexley-heath, Kent, joiner. Follett, A., New Bond-street, book-keeper. Sanders, T., Turner's-hill, Cheshunt, Herts, gentleman. Beaver, D., Kenton-street, Brunswick - square , boot-maker. Philp, A., Lisson-street, Lisson-grove, Marylebone, baker. Younghusband, It., apprentice on board the " Madras." Plumber, E. H., Little Bland-street, Great Dover-street, South- wark, draper. Kemball, W., King. street, Gravesend, linen-draper. On Thursday, Feb, 11.—Same hour and place. Bonsor, J., Jewin-street, Cripplcgate, fishmonger. Adams, J., Grosvenor-place, Commercial-road East, t a il or . Keen, J., Chester-terrace, Borough-road, Southwark, shoe• manufacturer. Taplin, H., Harriet-street, New-cut, Lambeth, servant. Davey, T., Cullum-street, Fenchurch-street, labourer. Pratt, J. H., Seymour-street, Somers Town, agent. The variations in the barometer last week were almost unexampled, and what was most extraordinary, notwith standing the tempestuous and humid state of the atmosphere, the rise was even more rapid than the fall. THE SULTAN MAHMOUD.—From Constantinople we learn, under date the 30th December, that the Sultan Mahmoud has been ill for a fortnight from the effect of a chill, but that his health is now re-established. The town of `'Vagrant, celebrated in the annals o: Napoleon's victories, has become a prey to a terrific fire, wbicl reduced the greater part of it to ashes. RIPON MILK TITHES—In pursuance of the extraordinary notice we published in our last, the distraint sale was made on Thursday, upon the household furniture of W. Darnbrough, a tailor, of Ripon, for tithe of milk, "claimed by the very Rev. the Dean and Chapter of Ripon, under the title of tithet, offerings, oblations, and obventions ;" or rather in ventions, as a correspondent in a contemporary print, more facetiously, but less properly calls them. The sum claimed; we understand, was for twenty days' milk upon four cows, which he had given proper notice to take in kind, to the amount of five shillings, with an additional ten shillings for costs. 1 The proceeds of sale were as follow .—tea-table, sixpence ; dinner-table, sixpence ; six chairs, thirteen-pence -, chest of drawers, one shilling; and a clock, sixpence -halfpenny ; amounting in the whole to the enormous sum of four shillings and sevenpenee-halfpenny l Out of this sum the auctioneer's expenses would have to come, so that the glory of the pro cedure is all that is likely to acrue to the very Rev. the Dean and Chapter, and "there is not much in that," as the crow said when he looked into the marrow-bone I Two years ago, the said William Darnborough was honoured by a similar notice from these very Reverend Ecclesiastics. He is a per son with a large family, his tenth child not being two years old, and which he has named Tithe, in commemoration of his peculiar visitations. BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.—Mr. Daniel ry Con_ na, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Wil liam Williams, the MeMber for Coventry, and other Liberal Members, have signified their intention to be present at the Grand Reform Dinner to be given to Mr. Wakley on Wed nesday next, at the White Conduit Illuse. Mr. Hume will preside on the occasion. The premature decease of the Hon. Mrs. Cox took place on Sunday week, in Grosvenor-place. This lamented young lady was the eldest daughter of Dowager Lady Rivers. In July, 1834, she was united to F. W. Cox, Esq„ and has now died before the completion of her 25th year, deeply re gretted by her circle of friends. - It has been our painful duty to announce an unusual number of deaths recently among the youthful members of the Aristocracy. The late decision of the Committee of the Stock. Exchange, in declaring null all transactions with Lakeman, even in cases where the money had been received, has very much tended, for the time, to lessen the amount of business in the Foreign Funds. It has created, in point of fact, a new description of risk connected with those transactions, already more than enough beset with difficulty and hazard. Arbitrary and unjust as the rule has appeared to a very large number of the Members, it has been complied with in many instances, in preference to taking the consequences of that power of exclu sion which the Committee possess. The protest against it has been signed, among others, by seven Members of the Committee, who formed the minority on that resolution, and who will, of course, resign. To judge, from present appear ances, some important modifications of the system are likely to arise from these proceedings.—Morning Paper. ..1 n.EPRESENTATION OF-GLASGOW.-The Reform Association of Glasgow, having resolved to invite Lord W. Bentinck to succeed Mr. Colin Dunlop as one of the Repre sentatives of that city, set about getting up a requisition to his Lordship, which, after receiving the signatures of 1,000 elec tors, was despatched on Friday last. Another party, in cluding the political Union, are not satisfied with this nomi nation, and they have been 'procuring signatures to a memo rial to his Lordship, requesting him not to stand. This do cument was to be despatched on Saturday evening, but we have not heard how many electors subscribed to it. This latter party are dissatisfied with Lord William Bentinck on the ground that he is a stranger, and also because there are reasons for believing that he is not willing to vote for an ex tension of the suffrage, the ballot, and triennial Parliaments. Glasgow Advertiser. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 6.—The New York packet-ship Hibernia, which arrived here to-day, and docked in the Prince's dock, was this evening discovered to be on fire. She was immediately removed out of the way of the surrounding shipping into the gateway at the south entrance of the dock. Engines were promptly in attendance, but their efforts not proving effectual, it was deemed advisable to scuttle her, which was done at 8 o'clock thi s even i ng . H ow the fire originated is yet a mystery. POOR LAWS.--On Wednesday eveninga quantity of furze stacked within the w a ll e d f ence o f the Union Work house, Eastbourne, was discovered on fi re . T hat the act was purposely done, there •is no doubt ; but although strong suspicion attaches to an individual, still it cannot be borne out by evidence. The fire was subdued before it reached the house, and fortunately the damage done was of little moment. The paupers within the house, in consequen ce o f an altera tion having been made in the diet table, refused to work. Hall, the police officer, together with the special constables, under the direction of the High Constable, were in imme diate attendance, and remained in the house during the night. Up to the present hour all is passing off quietly.—Brighton Gazette. WHITEUAVEN HARBOUR.—We stated in our last, that the Whitehaven Underwriters had determined to cease underwriting vessels to enter Whitehaven, until the de termination of the Trustees was known. We understand that they have since determined to underwrite policies at an advance of two per cent. on the sums insured, and that several greatly risks have been t a k en a t that rate.— TVhit e h aven Herald. A NIGHT'S .LODGING.—In conseq uence of the immense quantity of snow which fell on Tuesday between and Marlborough, the Bath and Exeter mail w im peded. The snow in some places near Beckha mpton was from Bath nine to fourteen feet deep. The York House day coach got buried on Tuesday afternoon in a snow-drift, near Cherhill, and two ladies (one eighty years of age) wer e o bli ged to pass the whole of the ni g ht in the inside, from which it was found impossible to untilex T t h rica r t o e ad ti s ie w m es the at h coachhave was n a e s e dug m o v u a t ra. ia the morning. tively clear of now e ,—Bath Herald. B PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, 'FEBRUARY 5. Number Dividend ' Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 61 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97 i. IS s . sh. 1 , c2 6/. Ashhy-de-le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5/ 1,005 5/ . Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 I ,ooolBh. 121. 10s. Birmingham, 1 share 17/. 10s. 257 4,001 Ditto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 301 1600 Bridgewater and Taunton -.1004 sh. all pd 6.! 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater - 1001. sh. 102 1 500 421. Coventry lOOl. sb. 810 4,516 '7rovdon Average 314 2s. 10d. sh. 2,060.1 3/. 10s. Dudley lOO/. sh. '7B OW 6/. Derby 001. sh. 120 20,000 Danube and Mayne 414 13s. 4d. 10/. pd 7i 3,575/ Ellesniere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 85 231 431. Erewash 1004 sh. 400 1,17 201. Forth and Clyde A verag e 4.e.01.165. sh. 590 1 . 5 0 d 12/. Grand Juncticm .. ................ _ . . ..001. sh. VI 2,2491 Grand Union 100/. sh. 25 1,5'l Grand Surrey lOO/. sh. 10,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 3,099 Grand 'Western 6 0 0 13/. 12s. Bd. Glamorgatishire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 1904 sh. 15 749 IN. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 0,238 1/. les Huddersfield Average 57!. Os. 6d. sh. 30 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 I/. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. 2,897-1 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 1004 sh. 530 515 124 Leicester l4O/. sh. 149 907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83/. ins. 78 550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 25/. sh. all pd. 70 144/. Loughborough Average 142/. 17s. sh. 2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 130 250 91. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 254 Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 570 3,000 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 56 247 15/. Neath 100 ...... ... Nene Navigation Bonds ... 1001. sh. 100/, p d. 100 1,7E6 321. Oxford 100/. sh. COO 522 v. Oakham 130/. sh. 38 2,400 4/. Peak Forest ...... ...... Average about 7E/. sh. 106 I 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. Ifis. Ed. sh. 51 5.669 1/. per cent. Ituchdale Average 25/. sh. 141 500 8/. Shropshire 123/. sh. 110 100 10/. Somerset Coal ISO/. sh. 160 12/ 45,000/. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 700 364 Statlbrd and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 500 11/, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 245 300 SI. Stourbridge 3,647 11. 10s. Stratford-on- Avuil ...Average 79/. 9s. Pd. sh. 39 533 13/. Swansea 5O. 215 5,762 14 Severn and \Vye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 171 2,61) ash. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 62u 8,119 Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Ed. sh. 2 1,00001.1 , ,-,/ W arw i c k a nd Birmingham lOO/. sir. 280 1,0001544.5 - 9V) 194. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 220 6,000 3/.103 Worcester and Birmingham...A v. 721. Bs. sh. 85 5,000 235. Wilts and Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 19 800 64 'Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 12 6 ....... \Visbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 1/. \Vey awl Arun llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2 ' 60085 3p. c. Commercial 100/. sh. 583 1,1)65401 231,6674/.4 per cent. East India Stock 112 3,238,310/4 565. p. ct. Ditto London Bonds . S'ock 591 1,310,010/. 5/. per ct. West India Stock 103 2,209 3/. Os. 4d. Bristol Average 1471. 19s. sh. 1;5 68,324/. 5/.percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1.352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 851 500,0(K) 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO4 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Harbour 23 2.5°0 ........ Deptford Pier 'o4 sh. 3/. pd 2: BRIDGES. 1,1100 1/. Hammersmith 5O/. sh. 23 7,231 • Southwark, Old Ay. 63/. 2s. 82. sh. 2 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5O/ sh. 1 4y 5,000 5,000 1/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. 6O/. pd 24 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 201 60,000/. 51. per cent. [`Bic, Bonds 5,818 17s. / Vauxhall Average 49/. Os. Od. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. /1,000 3/ 10s Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 761 50,000 [ 5 FlLrd%n.ti Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 101. pd 121 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. pd 51 24.000 i l per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 5/, p,I 131 1,200 Ash. 4/. Birmingham Eire 594 sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 11 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 6/. por cent. British Commercial 501,, sh. 5/. pd CI 5,000 5/. percent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, ICOI sh. 12/10s pd 3i 4,000 2/ lOs Count y lOW. sh. 10/. pd 42 10,000 ss. Eagle 5O/. sli. Si. pd 6 200 [5 per cent. and bs. } Economic Life lOOO/, sh. 250/. pd 215 2,2.71 sf/. per cent. European Life ~ 0 0/. s h. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 204 sh. 2/. pd 1/.125, 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 150 20,000 11. Guardian 100/. sh. 104 pd 35 Fire 5 pct.') 1000 [Life 8 pct. 3 Hope 50/. sh. Si. pd 6 2,400 51. 7s. 62. Imperial Fire 500/. sh.'sol. pd 120 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1001. sli. 10/. pd )U 5/ per cent. Indemnity Marine 1 6 01. sh. fl. pd 151 2,020 3/ 10s Kept Fire 501. sh. all pd 1)2 3/. Ditto Life 291 10, 1 00 16 Laws. Life 10 0 1. sh. 10 /. pd 2 6 3,900 Lohdon, Fire 9 5/ sh. 121. 10s. pd 154 31 009 Londe,,, Ship .5/, ph. 121. 10s. pd 151 30,0'0 t-1. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 21. p 2 2/ 7s 6( 25x ,00) Is. 6d. Trott - tor File 'W. sh. 21, pd 1116, 0, 4,5 0 0 I/. Vrovioent Life 100,0 01 ) ss. Rock Life 0 0/. sh. 21. id 61. 6 f1.),..2,20 , 5/. per mit. Royal Exchange Sto - k... 1971 Sun 2lO 6,000 5 per cent. University Life -lOU sil. 5/. pd 5 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life "1 pd JOINT srocK. BANKS _ ._ 5,000 Auqtrala.ia 4O/. sh. 491. pd 51k 10,1100 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 504 sh, 101. pd ii) 10,000 10 per cent. nil mingTham Bank . 5O/. s h. 5/. pd 14 18,900 2 percent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 15/. pd 164 :3,000 Lancaster ;012. sh. 2 0 /. pd 3 1 1 :.'s, , aio 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 101. pd 17 30,000 7y per cent. Manchester and LiTerpoeli 1001. sh. 10! pd 22 Discount 20,000 (5 percent. Manchester 100!. sh. 20/ pd :15.1 20,501) 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of 1 reland 100/. sh. 25/. pi 44 20, 00 National Bank of Ireland b• 1. sh HI pd It 10.000 National Provincial Eng. -WO/. sh. '25/. pd 25 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 50/. lb. 5/. pd 11 6,000 Ilampshire 50". fh 5/. pd 8 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1/ 12s Bath VOL sh. 111. p 4 25 5,000 6/. per cent. British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 214 5,000 I . s a l ,",n c s e l - s. l Ditto Provincial 9 0/. sh. 19 pd 22 814 5! 10s Birmingham 50/. sh. 105 4,2:10 21 Os . Bristol 1,500 ..... .... Brighton 2Ol. sh. 154 'MO ^ 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd 10 4,000 3/. • Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 5141. pd , 04 1,000 10). City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,.•00 et. Ditto, New 4,000 41. IN. Equitable ... V/. pd :70 European 5/. pd 42 10,'00 5/. per cent. Imperial 504 sh. 423 SOO 5/. lier cent. Isle of Mallet °5/. sh 20/. pd 20 2,350 6/. per cent. independent '3ol. sh. a:1 pd 50.4 1,5 1 '0 Leeds "0/ sh. 101. pd 194 9,00 3/. per cent. Plimnix r.Ol. sh. 39/. pd 24 1,000 41. per cent. Itatelitf 100/. sh. 00/. pd 69 4,09 South Metropolitan 5/. sh. 1:3/. rid 8,2110 5/. per cent. United General . 504 sh. 4.5/. pd :364 240 5/. per cant. Warwick W. sh. 50 400 1/ 5s Wakefield . 25/. sh. 223 12,0'0 3/.. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 47 6, , 00 12 Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 84 21,0 Yarmouth "0/. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,`300 Ihrmingliam 251. sh. 25/ pd 2G 4,15 5/. East London lOO/. sh. 131 4,504) 2/ lOs (+ruin Junction .... Avcrai. , e -11/ 13s. 42. sh. 5 2,000 2/. Kent. 100/. sh 3SS 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3;0 1,500 2/ les New River 1. , .,r10n Bridge Water Annuitief 58 6,146 11. Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South I.ondon lOO/. sh. Si 9 ; 00 3/. West Middlesex Avenge 031. 12s. 0.1. sh. '77 1,300 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 251 IRON RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter n i ' - 'i fin Bolton and Leigh 2,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. p,l 42 2,500 )os. Forest of Dean 5Ol. pd 28 30,003 t; rand Junction 100/. sh. 40/. p 1 87 30,009 Gravid Western 1001. sh. 10/. pd 24 1 2,0110 Ilartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 80 2,100 Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 4/. pd 7 2,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh all pd 13 5,100 2 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sh. 1001. p 4 215 . Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 5 30,000 London and Brighton 20!. sh. 5l pd 11 45,100 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ~ 201 sh. 1/ pd 0;(- 12,1100 London and Blackwall 50! sh. 3/. pd 41 Loud° i and Dover 50/. sh. 11. pd 11 30,000 London and Gravesend 2O/ sh 1/. pd li". 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 'O/. 514. 204 pd 20 25,000 London and Birmingham -100/. sh. 45/...pd 112 20,100 London and Southampton ....' 0/. sh. 1)1. pd 161 London and Croydon '2l. pd 21 20,000 Northern and Eastern ... I Onl. sh. 12,500 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 71 2,500 Preston and Wigan '3o/. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. U. pd 3 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington 100/. sh. 240 800 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51. 04 3/. pd lf 4,000 Alten 15/, sh. 10/. 10i pd 9 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 51 Ditto Subscription 2.5/. pd 5 , -,, 2,000 Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pdl4ol • 10,000 31.'..5. Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 20/. pd 27 6,0.0 Macaubas & Cocaes United 251. sh. 22/. pd 11i Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 7;,/. pd 5+ 11,000 Cata Branca 41/. pd 71- Candonga 7l/. pd 11- 10,000 Copiapo '2Ol. sh. 101 pd 121 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 10 10,000 .......... Ditto Scrip 9/. pd 5 20,000 1/. 10s. British Iron 5O/. sh. 504 pd pSi 6,000 British Copper Si. 5h.,31/. pd 8,500 Columbian, iss. 5/. pin. 2,850 31. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 15/. pd 9,1 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 511/. p 3} 2,000 Polberou Consols 10/, sh. 8/. pd 111 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2Ol Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 150 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....40/, sh. all pd 4 Dit(o Scrip 4 Ditto Subscription 2/. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 41 5,00 West Cork 501. sh. 40/. pd 36 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 25 'ioo Russell 25gs. sh. 8 King' College 1001. pd 40 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2f14 pd 401 1, 000 IL Auction Mart 501. sh. 19 6,000 ......... British American Land Company 13/. pd 11 10,000 01 per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 201. pd 37j 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3 15,000 . 11. per cent Gen eral Steam Navigation ... 151 . sh. 13 / , pd 23 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock - 2,000. 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 2'21 pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary 1 nterest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 1:101 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New . . .................. 100/. sh. 451. pd 70 4,000 10,000 Van Dienler.'s Land ................. sh. 17/. pd 14i LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JANUARY, 1636. ___.. 1,500,0001. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland...... 83/. Os sh. all pd 2041. 2,000,0)( 1 . 5 p. ct. Royal of Scotland .. .............. 100/. sh. all pd 1711. 500,000/. ap. et. British Linen Company .. ... 100/. sh. 411 pd 240/. 3,000,000 1 . 61. p. ct. Commercial ........................ sh. 100/. pd 172/ . 5,(?00,000/. sp. ct. National ................... ...100/. sh. 10/. pd 1 5/. 2,000,000!. 4/. p. ct. Glasgow Union . . ... . ........ pd 604 t,000,0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland . ..... 2001. sh 30/. pd 3 3 / . INSURANCE COMPANIES. 2 (~000sh. 6p. ct. Scottish Union .................. 201 . sh. 1/. pi] 9 .7/ 7;500 sp. ct. Hercules .. ..... . ..b'i ......... 10 0 /. sh. 1 0/. no 11/ Os 100000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of 0t1and....10/. sh. all pd 7/ Os 50,000 6p. ct. North British .................._ OOl . sh. 10/. Pd 15/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire... ............ 100/. sh. 10/. pd 131 Os 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life ...............100/. sh. 101. lid 14/ lOs 100,000 4p. ct. West of Scotland lO4 Pd 10/ les MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. sh. all pd .2/ „ Ditto Allocated ..96/. ah. all lid 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water... 251. sh. all pd 32/. Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh. 38/. pd 22/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Gins —.201. sh. Int. r 1 51. 4,500 lOper cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 631. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ' 5 54 sh. all pd 60/. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 9 01. sh. all pd 35/. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sol, s h. 75/. 3,000 51 per cent. Equitable Loan C0mpany...,251, Bh. 9/. pd 10/. VICE CIIANCERY.-SATURDAY. LEMON V. SADDLETON. This was an action on behalf of the Commissioners of the Bedford Level against the Ouse Bank Commissioners for obstructing the course of the River by throwing mate rials into it. Mr. Knight had previously obtained an in junction against the defendants, and he now applied for an attachment against Jacob Thornbury (who had con tracted to repair the banks of the River), for an infringe ment of the injunction. It was agreed, on the suggestion of the Vice Chancellor, that an issue should be directed to try the facts at the forthcoming Norfolk Assizes. KING'S BENCH-SATURDAY. HITCHIN V. KING. Mr. HUMFREY appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. THOMAS for the defendant. This was an action for a rnali cous presecution. The plaintiff had been in the service of the defendant, who resides in Albemarle-street, and when about to quit that service was charged by her mistress with having stolen a silver spoon. On this charge the plaintiff was taken before Mr. Dyer, by whom she was remanded for two or three days, and when brought up again no fur• ther evidence was given against her, and she was dis charged. The plaintiff then submitted to a nonsuit. LAY V. LAWSON. Mr. ARCHBOLD, in the absence of his leader, stated the case to the jury. This was an action of libel, which the plaintiff, as a tradesman, had found it necessary to bring against the defendant, the publisher of the Times newspa per, to recever a compensation in damages for a libel, pub lished upon the plaintiff in August last, in that journal. The libel appeared in the shape of an advertisement, stat ing that a writ of capias had been issued against the plaintiff, but that he kept out of the way to avoid being served with the writ, and the advertisement offered a reward of 51. to any one who would discover the plaintiff's residence. Now, the fact was, that there was not the slightest justification for such an advertisement, for the plaintiff was not keeping out of the way, but might have been found at any moment that any person who really wanted him might desire to find him. James O'Brien had long known the plaintiff. At the time of the publication of this libel, witness lived close to the house of Selby, the Sheriff's officer. The plaintiff fre quently came to see him there, and they frequently passed Selbv's house. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the defendant had not rashly published of the plaintiff any unfounded imputa tion. The plaintiff was not so easily to be found as his Counsel had described. Under these circumstances pro ceedings were commenced against him, but he was nowhere to be found, and the attorney concerned against him, went to the Times office with the advertisement which was the subject of the present action. That hdvertisement was prepared by Mr. Peacock, a very able pleader, then under the bar, and was framed in such a manner that the learned person had declared it not to be libellous. Lord DENMAN summed up, and said that the advertise ment was, in his opinion, a libel. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the defendant. COMMON PLEAS-SATURDAY. GROOM V. CHAMBERS. At the request of Mr. Sergeant WILDE and Sir WI6I. FOLLETT, the trial of this cause was further postponed, with the approval of the Chief Justice, to complete the ar rangement between the assignees and Mr. Chambers, as re commended by Counsel, which 330 of the creditors have assented to. WILLIAMS V. ELLIS. This was an action brought by Mr. Robert Folkstone Williams, to recover a sum of seventy pounds, which he alleged to be due to him for work and labour, in the pro duction of a book entitled " An Historical Sketch of the Art of Sculpture in Wood," which he had undertaken at the request of the defendant, Mr. Ellis, a silversmith, resi ding in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street. Mr. Sergeant STORKES said, that in the beginning of the last year the defendant and two other persons, a Mr. Smith and a Mr. Hansell, the one an undertaker and the other an upholsterer, purchased some antique statues, beautifully executed in wood by a foreign artist of celebrity, and ex hibited them in Bond-street, with a view to their ultimate sale. The plaintiff was employed to write paragraphs for the newspapers, in the first instance laudatory of the exhi bition ; and, finally, he was instructed by the defendant to prepare a brief account of the statues to be published for distribution amongst those who visited the exhibition. This pamphlet the plaintiff accordingly prepared, but circum stances arising which rendered a more elaborate description necessary, the plaintiff, at great pains and exertion, accord ingly composed the work for which he now sought that reasonable and fair compensation to which he was entitled. Mr. Williams . (the father of the plaintiff) proved that he had seen the defendant on the subject of the plaintiff's claim. When the defendant's partners in the exhibition refused to have anything to do with the enlarged publica tion, the defendant declared that he would tak it_ upon his own shoulders rather than that it should not go on. When applied to for the amount of the plaintiff's demand the de fendant said he could not attend to it before he had either the printer's bill or the bill of the plaintiff himself. The bill was subsequently sent by the two-penny post, and in it the plaintiff gave credit for 5/. that he had received from the defendant. _ _ _ Mr. Drury, a printer, had been employed by the defen dant to print the pamphlet first written by the plaintiff, the expense of which he had estimated at from 71. to 8/. When new matter was introduced into it the estimate was increased, but it was on the defendant's responsibility that witness printed it, although it was the plaintiff who corrected the proofs. Only 250 copies had been printed, and of these he sent from forty to fifty to the plaintiff. Mr. Kenny, the dramatic author, had looked through the work alluded to, and read some passages of it attentively. Ten guineas a sheet would be a moderate price for such a work. It was on a subject which required considerable research. Dr. Uwins had been in the habit of writing articles for the New :Monthly Magazine, and the Quarterly Review. He thought that ten guineas a sheet ought to be the minimum of remuneration. Cross-examined — It might not be too much to give 701. for puffing an exhibition of this description. Such a spe culation might not have been a bad one if the book had been properly advertised and reviewed ; and if the •reviews were abusive, so much the better for the sale of the work.—(A laugh.) Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY—NOW, Dr. Uwins, would any but an insane person give 701. for such a work ? Dr. Uwins—l cannot say. Probably Mr. Murray would give 70/. for such a work. • Mr. Sergeant ACFIERLEY—Then, Sir, Mr. Murray is, according to your own apprehension, insane ?—(A laugh.) Dr. Uwins—Oh, no. Ido not mean that Mr. Murray is not sane. • Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY—But will you say he is sane ? Dr. Uwins—l mean to say that he is as sane as any of us ?—(A laugh.) Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY—You have given an opinion on a literary subject, and now I wish you to give one on a subject connected with your profession. Pray, Sir, do you not believe that we are all mad, more or less ? Dr. wins—Yes, I have repeatedly said and written so.—(Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY—Then it is upon this theory that we are all mad together, authors, publishers, and readers, that you consider this work worth 701., and I sup pose the madder the author the better and more valuable you would consider his work ?—(Laughter.) Dr. UwiNs—lt is well established that genius and mad ness are closely allied, and, therefore, an author coming within the rule might infuse more spirit, talent, and beauty, in his work, than a person differently constituted.—(Peals of laughter.) Mr. Fraser, the bookseller, of Regent-street, proved that although the work might be worth 2501. to the defend ant, or 5001. to another person, to :a bookseller it was not worth fivepence. Magazine articles were paid for at the rate of 101. a sheet, but not works of this kind. Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY, on behalf of the defendant, said that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, because he was a partner in the publication in question. Mr. George Munday, clerk to the defendant, proved that the defendant had a conversation with the plaintiff, in March last, on the subject of writing paragraphs about the statues. The plaintiff wrote a paragraph, which appeared in the Morning Post, and received from Mr. Ellis a sum of M. for that and other paragraphs which he was to write. The Jury, after a brief consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 50/. EXCHEQUER COURT-SATURDAY HUNTER V. THE COUNTESS OF BERKELEY. Mr. THESSIGER, for the plaintiff, sated that this was an action to recover the amount of the plaintiff's bill for clothes made for the defendant's servants. The only question involved in the issue was, whether the defendant was liable to pay for a livery suit which, by 'ti private bar gain between her coachman and the plaintiff, had been exchanged for a suit of plain clothes. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. M'CLEA V. FECTOR, M.F. In this case, prior to its circumstances having been stated, a verdict was t a k en b y consent f or t h e p l ain tiff.— Dam ages, 721. SECONDARIES' OFFICE. CUIVWEN V. MATSON. This was a writ of inquiry for the assessment of damages in a case for furious driving. Judgment had been allowed to go by default. 'the uarnages 'Jan An attorney appeared for the plaintiff, and to the surprise of every one in Court nobody appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff was stated to be a cheesemonger, residing at Hackney. He got upon a Greenwich coach at Westminster Bridge for the purpose of going to that place. In the way to Greenwich the axletree of the coach broke down, and the plaintiff was thrown upon the ground, and his leg being entangled in the wheel, a dreadful compound fracture took place. A person, who was also ati outside passenger, dePc.'se, o that the axlet r ee b ro ke in consequence of th e furto manner in which the coachman drove, a regular ra ce having been made between th e d e f en dant's cot:h and a rival veh icle. The Jury assessed th e d ama ges at 606!: c CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. John Edwards, aged 36, was indicted for the ma t ' slaughter of Leonard Coleman on the 30th of January. Andrew Mayne—Between eleven and twelve o'clock oa the night of the 30th of January I was in the Emperor om' nibus, driven by the prisoner, at the Angel Inn, Islington; We stopped there nearly two minutes, and the Dart, anothea omnibus, came up. The conductors of the two carriages h a e an altercation, after which they drove on at a good Poe t until they arrived at Penton -street, when the EniPe r° pulled up to set down a passenger. This having been doneg the omnibus again went on at the rate of about ten mile j an hour down Pentonville-hill, and after we had proc eed' about a hundred yards I felt the near fore-wheel lifted 1 1 1 3, and the glass on the same side was directly broken. , Stephen Delabatouche—l saw the two carriages g e' n t '' e from the Angel. They were going at a very rap ra t near the middle of the road. They were nearly abrg as : e After the carriages had passed Penton-street I saw a 11 01 ' standing in the middle of the road, and the deceased lY 1 ! 4 ,1 close by. I ran and picked him up, and he was carrl e ‘' immediately to the house of a surgeon, from whence he s c3s l . subsequently conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, wi t " his skull fractured. By the COURT—There was room for a person on horse' back to pass between the omnibuses when I saw them, be fore the accident occurred. Richard Everard—l saw th e d ecease d going up the hi ll on the night in question on h orse b ac k a t a f u ll ga llop. T o deceased might have avoided the carriages by g oing ~en either side, but he did not, and I s a w hi m f a ll from I ' )s horse between them. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Henry Stanton, who described himself as a surgeon, ' O5 indicted for stealing three watches, value 301., the ptoperti of James Stafford, of Gainsford-street, There were three other indictments against him ; but 0 1 was not considered necessary to proceed with them, tie offence. of which he was convicted subjecting him to trans portation for life. A female residing at Chelsea then applied to the Court' and said that one of the indictments had been preferred by her against the prisoner for stealing a 101. note. , The prisoner, it will be recollected, took lodgings at t female's house, and had promised to marry her st e r daughter, but h e d ecampe d w i t h t h e note . Sh e was d, vised to apply to a solicitor. NEW COURT. Captain Peter Thomas Tadman was indicted for stet ing a cabriolet, value 501., the property of William Jo Felton.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prisoner was then tried upon a second indictreee: for stealing a phaeton, value 841., the propert of the sel prosecutor. A ve r di c t o f G u il ty was a l so pronounced t, 0 , this case, and the Court sen t ence d t h e prisoner to be trP, ported for seven y ears u p on eac h i n di ctment , ma ki n g fea t teen years. The prisoner then bowed and withdrew. In pursuance of instruction from the Right IP P ; the Master-G enera l o f t h e O r d nance, t h e Adjutant of t o n West Kent Militi a p rocee d e d f rom M a id stone to D o ver 16 Thursday, in c h arge o f th ree waggons, conta i n i ng t h e wh. ° h of the clothing, arms, stores, &c., of the regiment, Wh ic r were delivered up to th e O r d nance D epartment, preparut tory to the general reduction of the militia staff through° the country. The Town Council of Newcastle, decided. on the 21st inst., by a majority of 25 to 21, that the nazio °l l ., 4 house should be di scon ti nue d ; t h at t h e sa l ary o f the MaY°o for keeping up certain hospitalities, &c. should be 1, 0 th e per annum, and that a h ouse s h ou ld b e provided Po: „ r e entertainment of the j u d ges o f ass i ze , d ur i ng their ortle in that town. The Mayor is. to be allowed the use 0 ' 0 state carriage and horses, provided he returns the sane 0 the expiration of his office, in an equally good condit l°ll 6 6 at present. A letter was received from the Rev et , Vicar, stating that he had a pp o i n t e d th e R e v. J. W r ' i 2l ,o A. 8., to the curacy of St. Nicholas, and requesting ' vie the customary allowance (about 30/. or 351. per a nnual; rbe believe), should be made to him by the Corporation. 100 1 Town Clerk explained the law as it affected such cases , • was directed to send an official answer, that the Corpo'ot, tion had no power 'under the Act to order the paril e , The above discussion has caused much conversation' o the. Rev, the Vicar will have to provid e " ways an d m eg' for the maintenance of the poorest curacy in the town / . w . MUNICIPAL CHEESE.—To the Stockport to l f a - 11 - 30,a i user belongs the following bad jokes :—We are it is intended to introduce into the code of bye-la ws ' et understanding to the effect that no member of our 1 1 r — t : Corporatio n s h a ll, on any account, personally deliver ke, customer the sm a ll p urc h ases wh i ch he or s h e may ninseet as it might possibly tend to lower the dignity and ro s r r for cert a i n i n di v id ua l mem b ers of the Council-Chatob cop This determi na ti on , we are h appy to h ear, h as b ee n c , O to in conse quence o f one o f t h e august b o d y h av ing ' p o e t seen to carry to a cus t omer t h ree poun d s o f c h eeti e co . his arm through several of our streets.—Such was the odi stacy with which o ne o f our common counc ill ors i n the b—te corporate received the news of his success in the late 05 nicipal election, th a t h e l ost not a moment i n con veY n t e .. the joyful tidings to the bed-side of his better half• tefal lighted equally with her lord and master at the gr— piece of int e lli gence , i t was instantly proposed, bu t t he which of th e m we h ave not b een able to learn, to callu . young one, who had not yet been christened, by the or of Councillor, an d th e p l eas i ng resolution has been 1 5 ; 7 ,. 13 0 carried int o eff ec t, as a means, we suppose, of recornlC piece of good f or t une so fl atter i ng to t h emselves and 't° families of both the lady and the gentleman. ay , Mine. W—, a rich and h an d some f ore i g n 13 „ s t distinguished for her sumptuous entertainments, has been made the subject of a hoax. On Saturday she vire to have given a splendid ball. Four hundred cards vv e sent out, and ev er y p reparat i on made to ren d er t h e sC e th o e brilliant and c h arm i ng . T he rooms were lighted, and or hostess was prepared to receive her guests. Hour after passed away in anx i ous expectation. Midnight ettme, 7 e , yet not a sin g l e v i s i tor appeared. The mind of .)„ was lost in astonishment and anxiety ; every beg ture as to the cause of this extraordinary desertion by turns weighed and rejected. At length the only t", l be to be done was to ext i nguish the thousand lights, dismiss b 4 attendants, and retire to bed, leaving the ecletircissenzeo'" o f the morrow. The morrow came, and brought hundreosj cards with inquiries after the health of the tlisapVino6 lady. On further investigation, it was found that sf ) : 0 1 wicked wag, or disapp o i n t e d exquisite who had not recel't an invitation, havin g o bt a i ne d a li st of those who had, 10 on Saturday morning, notes round to all, announcing t 'his Mme. W—, having been, taken sudd en l y ill, was tt o " to receive her friends in the evening.. --French Paper- We understand that John Bain, post runner v o j tween Doune and G ar t more, h as b een apprehended 11.03 committed to prison, charged with several acts of purloi° letters with money.—Stirling Journal. (t. , DVEitTISEMENT. 1' ) The NEW AT GOLD WATCH te l are offered in double-bottomed engine -t urne d cases , w ith accurst A finished vertical movements, jewell e d an d warrante d for Sc, Guineas each, or, with highly-finished horizontal movements, ranted at Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, "Wow — Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London On the 6th inst., in 'Wilton-crescent, the Lady John Russe ll ' GI a daughter. ° On the 6th i ns t. , a t B rompten, the lady of Gilbert Abbott a,nee kett, Esq., of a daughter. of O D n ay th ri the sth Esq.,inst.ot a daughter.atNewLode, Lymington, Hants, the Iv.' F. On the 6th inst., at Willesdon, the lady of J. H. Mandel l Esq., of a daughter. e 6 On the sth i ns t, i n C aven dish- square , t h e l a d y o f W. F., -°tl Esq., of a daughter. of On the 6th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, the lbw/ T. M. Heathcote, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Witton Church, Cheshire, John `l.lll Esq., to Henrietta Lister, fourth daughter of tke Right Hou. Amelia Kaye. On the sth inst., at All Saints, Southampton, John Esq., of Devizes, to Jemima, sister of Sir J. G. Baird, Bart. On the 6th inst., at St. Pancras Church, S amue l Tomkins,P,:te Esq., of Lombard-street, to Jane Walker, only daughter o f the Captain J. U. M. Leith, of the 68th Foot. DIED. On the 2d inst., Mr. A. A. Cane, late Curator of the Wag College .Museum. On the 6th inst., in B e df or d -square, aged 71, John Bel l , pePi one of his Majesty's Cou nse l . On the 29th ult., Robert Farq,uhar, Esq., of Newark, N. 13. On the Ist inst., at Tou rs , France, aged3B, George Willotig Esq., late of Weymouth. ice ro On the sth i nst., aged 75, Susannah, relict of Mr. R. J`° s of Fore-street, Ci ty. n st. On the sth i nst., aged 92, Mr. Archibald Morton, of No. Vincent's -place, City -road. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, ° cad 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the CO' Middlesex.